Jacob Kurtzberg Net Worth

Jacob Kurtzberg Net Worth is
$100,000

Jacob Kurtzberg Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Jack Kirby (August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994), born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic book artist, writer and editor regarded by historians and fans as one of the major innovators and most influential creators in the comic book medium.Kirby grew up poor in New York City and learned to draw cartoon figures by tracing characters from comic strips and editorial cartoons. He entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s and drew various comics features under different pen names, including Jack Curtiss, ultimately settling on Jack Kirby. In 1940, he and writer-editor Joe Simon created the highly successful superhero character Captain America for Timely Comics, predecessor of Marvel Comics. During the 1940s, Kirby, generally teamed with Simon, created numerous characters for that company and for National Comics, the company that later became DC Comics.After serving in World War II, Kirby returned to comics and worked in a variety of genres. He produced work for a number of publishers, including DC, Harvey Comics, Hillman Periodicals and Crestwood Publications, where he and Simon created the genre of romance comics. He and Simon also launched their own short-lived comic company, Mainline Publications. Kirby ultimately found himself at Timely's 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics, soon to become Marvel. There, in the 1960s, he and writer-editor Stan Lee co-created many of Marvel's major characters, including the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and the Hulk. Despite the high sales and critical acclaim of the Lee-Kirby titles, however, Kirby felt treated unfairly, and left the company in 1970 for rival DC.There Kirby created his Fourth World saga, which spanned several comics titles. While these series proved commercially unsuccessful and were canceled, the Fourth World's New Gods have continued as a significant part of the DC Universe. Kirby returned to Marvel briefly in the mid-to-late 1970s, then ventured into television animation and independent comics. In his later years, Kirby, who has been called "the William Blake of comics", began receiving great recognition in the mainstream press for his career accomplishments, and in 1987 he was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.Kirby was married to Rosalind "Roz" Goldstein in 1942. They had four children, and remained married until his death from heart failure in 1994, at the age of 76. The Jack Kirby Awards and Jack Kirby Hall of Fame were named in his honor.

Full NameJack Kirby
Date Of BirthAugust 28, 1917
Died1994-02-06
Place Of BirthNew York City, New York, United States
ProfessionWriter, Miscellaneous Crew, Animation Department
EducationPratt Institute
NationalityAmerican
SpouseRoz Goldstein, m.
ChildrenLisa R. Kirby, Barbara J. Kirby, Susan M. Kirby, Neal L. Kirby
ParentsBenjamin Kurtzberg, Rose Kurtzberg
AwardsWill Eisner Award Hall of Fame
NominationsHugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
MoviesThe Avengers, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Thor, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Thor: Ragnarok, Captain America: The First Avenger, Ant-Man, The Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Thor: The Dark World, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Iron Man 2, Iron M...
TV ShowsThe Marvel Super Heroes, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men, Silver Surfer, Fred and Barney Meet The Thing, The Incredible Hulk, The New Fantastic Four, X-Men, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, Fantastic Four, Black Panther
Star SignVirgo
#Trademark
1Use of Splash panels (Large panels, sometimes taking up entire pages, often depicting big events)
2Bold inflation in lettering
3The realistic manner in which he depicted fight scenes
#Quote
1I've never done anything half-heartedly; it's a disservice to me and the audience if I do it half-heartedly
#Fact
1The only time Kirby regretted his calling was when a military officer recognized him as an illustrator while he was serving in the field as a infantry trooper in World War II. He was then assigned to be a forward scout with the task of heading into hostile territory ahead of the main force to map it out, an extremely dangerous duty.
2His parents, Rose (Bernstein) and Benjamin Kurtzberg, were Austrian Jewish immigrants.
3Created Groot of ''The Guardians of The Galaxy'' fame.
4His favorite of his own works was the ''New Gods'' saga.
5Briefly worked as an animator for Fleischer Studios, the studio that would later make the animated Superman features which gave him flight, but disliked it.
6Was included in one of Mark Waid's ''Fantastic Four'' comics as God or some other powerful deity who was responsible for the creation of the heroes and Their adventures. The character was implied to have been the Ominiscient creator of all Marvel Universes.
7Jack Kirby was famous for being as tough as his characters. For instance, when a gangster was shaking down Kirby's boss, Will Eisner, to take his towel service, Kirby charged in to throw the gangster out. When Kirby created Captain America with Joe Simon, Nazi sympathizers once gathered in the lobby of the office building where the pair worked to threaten them. However, when upon hearing that Kirby was heading down with his sleeves rolled up to physically confront them himself, they fled before he arrived.
8He is the mutual idol of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. In honor of him they made a character called Kirby King for a comic book (Donatello #1, "Kirby and the Warp Crystal").
9Kirby was a veteran of World War II, where he saw combat in the European Theater. He later applied these experiences in his war comics, especially his lesser known work on DC's "The Losers.".
10He based the character of Ben Grimm, aka The Thing in Fantastic Four, on himself.
11His creations have included Captain America, Thor, Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Black Panther, Silver Surfer, Doctor Doom and the X-Men.
12The relationship between The Thing and Mr Fantastic was modelled on his own with Stan Lee.
13Kirby created production art for an abandoned film project, based on Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light. The film script and concept art was later used for the "Argo" film project ruse that was part of the successful CIA-Canadian operation that managed to extract six Americans out of revolutionary Iran in 1980.
14Kirby is remembered fondly as not only a prolific artist, but a very considerate man at work. For instance, when he came to DC Comics after his most famous work at Marvel Comics in 1970, he insisted on taking over the minor title, "Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen," because it had no assigned talent at the time so he could work on it without causing anyone to lose his job.
15The character "Dan Turpin" in Superman (1996) (aka Superman: The Animated Series (1996)) was based on Jack Kirby.
16Had a major dispute with Marvel Comics to get back his original artwork (which consisted of well over 9000 pages over his ten year tenure). Marvel asked him to sign a release indemnifying the company for any missing work. Kirby refused. After a massive support campaign within the industry, Marvel eventually returned the remaining art, without conditions; but, much of it was missing, from his peak period.
17While at D.C., Kirby also created the characters OMAC (One Man Army Corps) and Kamandi, the last boy on Earth.
18A dispute with Stan Lee forced Kirby to leave Marvel after several years of writing and illustrating for them. Kirby then returned to Marvel's chief rival D.C. Comics (Simon & Kirby left Timely Comics, in the 1940s to jump to rival National/DC, and Kirby later worked for them in the 1950s), where he introduced his "Fourth World" series which included The New Gods, The Forever People, Mister Miracle as well as one of his greatest creations, the villain Darkseid. Although Kirby's direct involvement with his creations proved short-lived, he was later involved in action figure designs for these characters in the Super Powers toy line by the Kenner Toy Company in the 1980s. As DC Comics was proud to point out, this led to Kirby finally getting direct royalties for his comic book characters for the first time in his career.
19In honor of Jack Kirby, comic strip artist-writer Rick Veitch named his son Kirby.
20He was a major artist in the comic book medium throughout his career, raising standards for illustration and created important and influential characters like Captain America, the Fantastic Four and many other characters for Marvel and DC comics amoung others.

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Untitled Avengers Movie2019comic book by pre-production
Avengers: Infinity War2018comic book by filming
Black Panther2018comic book pre-production
Thor: Ragnarok2017comic book post-production
Inhumans2017TV Series comic book pre-production
Justice League Dark2017Video character: Etrigan completed
Nick Furycharacter announced
Silver Surfercharacters announced
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot2016TV Mini-Series based on the Marvel comics by - 6 episodes
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.2013-2016TV Series based on the Marvel comics by - 72 episodes
Avengers Assemble2016TV Series based on the Marvel Comics by - 22 episodes
Captain America: Civil War2016based on the Marvel comics by
Daredevil2015-2016TV Series character: Roscoe Sweeney - 2 episodes
Agent Carter2015-2016TV Series based on the Marvel comics by - 18 episodes
LEGO DC Super Heroes: Justice League - Attack of the Legion of Doom!2015Video character created by: Darkseid
Fantastic Four2015Marvel comic book
Ant-Man2015based on the comics by
Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.2015TV Series based on comics by - 2 episodes
Avengers: Age of Ultron2015based on the Marvel comics by
Captain America: The Winter Soldier2014based on the Marvel comic by
Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher2014Video characters
Justice League: War2014Video characters created by: Darkseid, Desaad, Parademons
Thor: The Dark World2013based on the Marvel comics by
The Avengers Lego Adventure2013Short characters - uncredited
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox2013Video character created by: Etrigan the Demon
Iron Man Three2013based on the Marvel comic book by
Iron Man: Rise of Technovore2013Video characters
Loki's Plot: An Easter Special2013Video short characters - uncredited
Thor and Loki in Wigan2013Video short characters - uncredited
Thor in the Playroom2013Video short characters - uncredited
Avengers Assemble in the Playroom2012Video short characters - uncredited
Iron Man: Armored Adventures2011-2012TV Series characters - 15 episodes
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes2010-2012TV Series comic book - 22 episodes
Ultimate Spider-Man2012TV Series creator
Captain America: The First Avenger2011comic books
X-Men2011TV Series comics - 12 episodes
SmallvilleTV Series characters created by: Fourth World - 9 episodes, 2010 - 2011 character: Morgan Edge - 3 episodes, 2003
Thor: Tales of Asgard2011Video characters
Thor2011comic book
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds2011Video Game characters
Iron Man2010TV Series characters - 12 episodes
Batman: The Brave and the BoldTV Series creator: Darkseid - 1 episode, 2010 creator: Kalibak - 1 episode, 2010 creator: Mantis - 1 episode, 2010
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse2010Video creator
Iron Man 22010Marvel comic book
Iron Man: Extremis2010TV Mini-Series character: Iron Man - 1 episode
Planet Hulk2010Video creator
Hulk Vs.2009Video characters: The Hulk/Bruce Banner, Thor - uncredited
The Incredible Hulk2008Video Game characters
Iron Man2008Video Game characters
Iron Man2008characters
Justice League: The New Frontier2008Video characters: Challengers of the Unknown, Kyle "Ace" Morgan, Walter "Prof" Haley, Matthew "Red" Ryan, Lester "Rocky" Davis, June Robbins - uncredited
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer2007characters
The Invincible Iron Man2007Video character: Iron Man/Tony Stark - uncredited
Ultimate Avengers II2006Video comic book & characters
Justice LeagueTV Series creator: Darkseid & New Gods - 3 episodes, 2003 - 2006 character: Morgaine le Fey - 3 episodes, 2002 - 2004 character: Etrigan - 2 episodes, 2004 - 2005 character: Glorious Godfrey - 2 episodes, 2003 creator: Etrigan - 2 episodes, 2002 character: Mantis - 1 episode, 2005 characters created by: Fourth World - 1 episode, 2005
Fantastic Four2005/IMarvel comic book
The Punisher2004Video Game characters: Tony Stark/Iron Man & Nicholas Joseph Fury - uncredited
Tony Hawk's Underground2003Video Game character: Iron Man - uncredited
Hulk2003Marvel comic book character
Batman BeyondTV Series characters: Kobra Cult - 4 episodes, 2000 - 2001 character: Big Barda - 2 episodes, 2000
X-Men: Evolution2000TV Series comic book & characters - uncredited
Avengers: United They Stand1999-2000TV Series creator - 13 episodes
SupermanTV Series character: Dan Turpin - 8 episodes, 1997 - 1998 characters: Darkseid and the New Gods - 3 episodes, 1997 - 1998 character: Darkseid - 2 episodes, 2000
The New Batman AdventuresTV Series character: Jason Blood - 1 episode, 1998 characters: Jason Blood/Etrigan the Demon & Klarion Bleak/Klarion the Witch-Boy - 1 episode, 1998
Silver Surfer1998TV Series creator - 13 episodes
Spider-ManTV Series character: Iron Man - 6 episodes, 1996 - 1997 character: Nick Fury - 6 episodes, 1995 - 1997
X-MenTV Series based on the Marvel "X-Men" comics by - 57 episodes, 1993 - 1997 characters - 56 episodes, 1993 - 1997 based on the Marvel Comics "X-Men" comic books by - 18 episodes, 1992 - 1993 characters: Professor Charles Francis Xavier/Professor X, Scott Summers/Cyclops, Jean Grey, Dr. Henry "Hank" Philip McCoy/Beast & Erik "Magnus" Lehnsherr/Magneto - 3 episodes, 1993 characters: Professor Charles Francis Xavier/Professor X, Scott Summers/Cyclops, Jean Grey, Dr. Henry "Hank" Philip McCoy/Beast &
The Incredible Hulk1996TV Series characters / creator
X-Men 2: Clone Wars1995Video Game characters
The Fantastic Four1994comic book - uncredited
Fantastic Four1994TV Series characters / creator
The Incredible Hulk1994Video Game characters
The Punisher1993Video Game characters
X-Men1993Video Game comic book characters
X-Men1992Video Game comic book & characters
Captain America and the Avengers1991Video Game comic book & characters
Spider-Man: The Video Game1991Video Game comic book & characters
Captain America1990characters
Pryde of the X-Men1989TV Short characters - uncredited
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends1982TV Series creator - 1 episode
The Incredible Hulk1982TV Series characters
The Incredible HulkTV Series based on the Marvel Comics "The Hulk" comic books by - 82 episodes, 1977 - 1982 character: Dr. Robert Bruce Banner/The Hulk as Dr. David Banner/The Incredible Hulk - 81 episodes, 1977 - 1982 character: Dr. Bruce Banner/The Hulk as Dr. David Banner/The Incredible Hulk - 1 episode, 1978
Captain America II: Death Too Soon1979TV Movie characters - uncredited
Fred and Barney Meet the Thing1979TV Series character: The Thing - uncredited
Captain America1979TV Movie characters - uncredited
The Fantastic Four1978TV Series characters
Three Giant Men1973character: Captain America - uncredited
Spider-Man1967-1970TV Series characters - 52 episodes
Binbasi Tayfun1968comic strip Captain America
Fantastic FourTV Series comic - 4 episodes, 1967 - 1968 based upon an idea by - 2 episodes, 1967 based on an idea by - 1 episode, 1967
Iron Man1966TV Series characters
Captain America1966TV Series comic book & characters - uncredited / creator - uncredited
The Marvel Super Heroes1966TV Series comic book & characters - uncredited
Hulk1966TV Series characters / creator
Mighty Thor1966TV Series comic book & characters - 1 episode
Captain America Battles the Red Skull1964Short character created by - uncredited
Captain America vs. The Mutant1964Short character created by: Captain America - uncredited
Captain America1944character - uncredited

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Centurions1986TV Series creative consultant - 65 episodes
Lazer Tag Academy1986TV Series creative consultant - 1986
Rambo1986TV Series creative consultant - 1986
Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos1986TV Series creative consultant - 5 episodes
Fantastic Four1967TV Series based on an idea by - 1 episode
Avengers Assemble2013-2014TV Series creator - 12 episodes
Ultimate Spider-Man2012-2014TV Series creator - 7 episodes
Young Justice2011-2013TV Series creator - 13 episodes
The Avengers2012characters: Anthony "Tony" Edward StarkTony Stark/Iron Man, Steve Rogers/Captain America, Robert Bruce Banner/The Hulk & Thor Odinson/Thor, Colonel Nicholas "Nick" Joseph Fury & Jasper Sitwell - uncredited

Animation Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sectaurs1986TV Mini-Series character designer - 1 episode
Lazer Tag Academy1986TV Series character designer - 1 episode
Rambo1986TV Series character designer - 1 episode
Centurions1986TV Series character designer - 1 episode
Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos1986TV Series character designer - 1 episode
Mister T1983-1985TV Series character designer - 30 episodes
SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show1984TV Series character designer - 1 episode
Turbo Teen1984TV Series character designer - 1 episode
Goldie Gold and Action Jack1981TV Series character designer - 13 episodes
Thundarr the Barbarian1980-1981TV Series character designer - 21 episodes
Space Stars1981TV Series character designer - 1981
The World's Greatest SuperFriends1979TV Series character designer - 8 episodes
The New Shmoo1979TV Series character designer - 1979
Hold the Wire1936Short assistant animator - uncredited
A Clean Shaven Man1936Short assistant animator - uncredited
Swat the Fly1935Short inbetween animator - uncredited

Art Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics2010Video documentary art contributor
De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros2001TV Movie documentary art work
The Fantastic Four1978TV Series storyboard artist - 13 episodes
The Marvel Super Heroes1966TV Series original artwork - 1966

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Incredible Hulk1979TV SeriesSketch Artist
Starsky and Hutch1976TV SeriesOfficer Day

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Bird of Steel!special thanks filming
Atop the Fourth Wall2013TV Series special thanks - 1 episode
Thor: The Dark World2013special thanks
Captain America: The First Avenger2011special thanks
Thor2011special thanks
Iron Man: Extremis2010TV Mini-Series special thanks - 1 episode
Frankenpimp2009special thanks
The King & the Worst2009Short in memory of
Minoriteam2006TV Series special thanks - 1 episode
Sin City2005special thanks
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2'2003Video documentary special thanks - as Jack 'King' Kirby
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles2003TV Series in memory of - 1 episode
X-Men2000special thanks
Superman1998TV Series dedicated to the memory of - 1 episode

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Anti Gravity Room1995TV SeriesHimself
Bob1993TV SeriesHimself
Prisoners of Gravity1993TV SeriesHimself
Comic Book Confidential1988DocumentaryHimself
The Masters of Comic Book Art1987DocumentaryHimself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Troldspejlet2015TV SeriesHimself
Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle2013TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself - Artist / Himself - Co-Creator, Captain America
The Replacement Gods2012Video documentaryHimself
De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros2001TV Movie documentaryHimself

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2009HugoHugo AwardsBest Dramatic Presentation - Long FormIron Man (2008)

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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